Sorry, haven’t been around much — both kids have been off school, and I have done such things as go to Bonfante Gardens twice in two weeks. (And boy, are my arms tired.) And now after our break it’s time to get ready for school, which involves running around and getting the list of silly school supplies required (TWELVE sticks of glue?). And every fall the kids get new lunch boxes.
Simon took approximately 0.000000004 seconds to choose his: the Batman lunch box, which came complete with cape on the back! Sophia chose the Lil Bratz one, mostly because it was pink. (I’m fairly sure she doesn’t have any Bratz dolls.) And they’ve been very excited about their lunch boxes since we brought them home.
And then Simon mentioned that the Batman box’s cape was all wrong: it had a straight edge instead of points. I thought it was funny that he noticed such a detail about the cape.
Then he mentioned that the Bat symbol on the front was different.
I looked at it, and yup, he was right, that’s not the Bat symbol. The Bat symbol has one points in the middle of each wing; this lunchbox’s symbol has two points.
Damnation. This is a counterfeit lunch box. And it’s probably not really Thermos brand either.
The weird thing is, I didn’t buy this at a corner off Capitol Expressway, I bought this at Target. You know, major corporation, central supply facility, etc. You’d think they’d have buyers who would, you know, notice these kinds of things.
Now, Simon loves his lunch box, and I realize that this is not the end of the world. But am I supposed to mention something to Target — “By the way, you’re selling fakes!” Am I supposed to take this from Simon and try to return it?
Well, there are a few different variations of the Batman logo, mainly because different media (films, cartoons, etc.) decide to throw their own spin on it.
For instance, there’s this logo (which I think comes from Batman Beyond), which is different from the one on the chest of Batman in this image (which is of course the 90s cartoon series character).
It sounds like what you saw is this logo, which looks like it comes from or was inspired by the 60s cartoon series, for instance see this logo.
I’m sure I could dig up a half-dozen other variations, especially if I did some scans from my collection. 🙂
You frighten me, Michael. But you know, in a good way.
Yes, that’s the logo we saw, and it does have a little TM next to it. I don’t see anything about DC on the lunch box, but perhaps this is AOK.
I don’t know about the pink Superman lunch boxes though, with the curly swirls around the S. Those have got to be non-approved.
That’s from the upcoming flick S III: Super, Sexy, and Sensitive